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Sunday, November 18, 2007

Property & Poverty

I am currently writing the chapter about property ownership as a marker of citizenship. And, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. makes the connection so very clear in his Op-Ed in Today's NYT "Forty Acres and a Gap in Wealth." That is a must read, as is Teacherken's diary on the DailyKOS--he articulates what I would have herein.

Teacherken:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/11/18/54936/576
Gates in the NYT:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/opinion/18gates.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin

Labels: dailykos, poverty, property, Skip Gates, teacherken

# posted by Dr. JAM : 5:29 PM

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thanks for the shout-out

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teacherken : 9:24 PM

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Dr.JAM is a professor of Political Science and Women's Studies at Marist College, Poughkeepsie NY. Her main focus is teaching students to be critical thinkers and active citizens. She worked in both the Koch and Cuomo administrations before returning to academia. She teaches Modern Political Thought, Contemporary Ideologies, Feminist Political Thought, American National Government, Political Ideas and Issues, Political and Social Movements, among other courses. She writes a regular column (Walk the Talk) in InsideOut (tm). She has written many articles and books including The Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian Liberation Movement: Still the Rage (Rowman Littlefield, 2003). An active citizen, she served on the boards of Hudson River Sloop Clearwater (where she once was cook); The Grace Smith House,currently she serves on the (executive) boards of the Eleanor Roosevelt Center at ValKill and the Ulster County Democratic Women. $>

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